Disclaimer: I do not own Hsm or Hairspray.
A/n: After reading some of your reviews I felt motivated to keep on writing this story. Thanks to 'cookiemonster9023' for telling me Amber's mom was actually named Velma so from now on Sharpay's mother will be called Velma.
"No, no and no!" said Taylor as she and Gabriella got out of the school bus.
You see…Gabriella had a plan to skip school so she could go to the 'Corny Collins Show' auditions but, she really didn't want to go alone so she asked Taylor to come with her.
"C'mon, Taylor! I can't go alone! Please! Come with me!" pleaded Gabriella.
"Ok, fine! Let's go" said Taylor while they walked towards the direction of the auditions.
10 minutes later….
"We're finally here, Taylor!" exclaimed Gabriella
"I know!" responded Taylor.
"Look! There's Troy! I can't believe I'm auditioning!"
"I can't believe I'm watching you audition!"
Then they suddenly heard a woman's voice…
"Front step, cha-cha-cha, back step cha-cha-cha, side step, front step, back, and turn."
"That's Sharpay's mother she's the manager for this channel!" said Gabriella with a smile.
"Front step, cha-cha-cha, back step cha-cha-cha, side step, front step, back, and, oh, Sharpay, look at this motley crew!" Velma said with a face that was filled with disgust.
"Well, girls! Go show them some moves to see if they could keep up!" Velma shouted.
Sharpay and a couple of other girls from the show ran in front of Gabriella and some other girls who were also auditioning and said while they were dancing….
"Twist, twist, twist, twist, mash potato, mambo!"
Gabriella was that fastest one to pick up the moves and soon enough the other girls got a hang of the dance.
One of the dancers went up to Gabriella and asked…
"Are you scared, we're on live?"
"No, I'm sure I can cope" Gabriella reassured her.
"Well, this show isn't broadcast in cinemascope!" The dancer replied rudely.
"This one will never get date with those hand-me-down clothes" Sharpay said to another girl auditioning.
"Please! She'll never get a date 'till her daddy buys her a new nose" said Velma in a cruel tone.
The girl couldn't take it anymore so she ran off crying.
"Do you dance like you dress?" Sharpay asked Gabriella…Well more like insulted her.
"Sharpay, there's no need to be cruel." Troy said defending Gabriella.
"Would you swim in an integrated pool?" asked Velma.
"I sure would! I'm all for integration! It's the new frontier!" replied Gabriella brightly.
"Well, In Baltimore it's not. Can I be honest?" asked Velma.
Gabriella nodded.
"First impressions can be tough and when I saw you I knew it. If your color wasn't enough! Your answer just blew it!"
"My little dear do you really think I would let be on this show?" said Velma in rude tone.
"Um…."
"It doesn't matter. If your not white your out" said Velma
Gabriella felt tears beginning to form.
"You may leave" said Velma as she walked back to the dancers.
"Um…Thank you" Gabriella walked away sadly.
"Don't worry, Gabs! I think secretly liked you" said Taylor who was trying to cheer her friend….which really wasn't working.
They walked straight back to Gabriella's house.
As soon as they came in they heard a scream.
"Gabriella Anne Montez, what are you doing here!? You're suppose to be at school!" shouted Gina.
"I know! I know!" Gabriella said with a sad face.
"What happened?" asked Gina.
"I tried out for the 'Corny Collins Show" but, they wouldn't let me in 'cause I'm not white." said Gabriella as her tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Come here!" Gina said.
Gabriella walked over to Gina and Gina embraced her in a warm hug.
"Don't worry! One day everything will change. You just need to be patient." said Gina while Gabriella was still crying on her shoulder.
"She's right!" Taylor said. "One day people will look at us and the color of our skin wouldn't matter anymore"
"Your right" Gabriella said. "I'm gonna go take a shower. Taylor, I'll see you tomorrow at school, right?"
"Of course you will!" Taylor said a smile. "Bye, Gina...Bye, Gabi!"
"Bye!" Gina and Gabriella both said in unison.
Next day…
This day was like any school day. Gabriella all her classes with some of Sharpay's insults here and there but, pretty much everything was back to normal. Soon enough the last bell rung which made all the students run out of their seats and head for the door. Gabriella and Taylor both walked out of the school and after a few steps Gabriella felt someone tap her on her shoulder. It was Troy.
"Hey…Gabriella"
"Hey, Troy…What's up?" asked Gabriella.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry. Yesterday they practically-"
"Attacked me verbally?"
"Yeah…um…I have some good new though."
"What?" asked Gabriella
"Well, Negro Day is coming up and maybe you can show-off some of your dance moves to Corny Collins. He's a lot more nicer then, Velma."
"Okay. I will." Gabriella said with a smile.
"Great! Well, bye"
"Bye"
With that Troy took Gabriella's hand and kissed it then, winked at her and left. Taylor went up to Gabriella 'cause her expression was completely blank.
"Gabriella? Gabriella!" shouted Taylor.
"I think I'm gonna faint" said Gabriella who looked like she had stars in her eyes.
"Well, don't faint now! Faint when you're at home!" said Taylor.
"Why?"
"Because my muscles aren't very big and I won't be able to carry you back home!" Taylor said in a 'duh' tone.
Gabriella laughed.
"C'mon let's go"
They then walked back to Gabriella's house.
I know what you guys are thinking. I'm so sorry it took me so long to update this story but, I promise that I will update it a lot more now.